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With less than a week to go a few thoughts on the US election – a stark choice when it comes to #climate policy - @JoeBiden ready to join the
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The Schuman Plan seen by some cartoonist in 1950 In Germany, Pielert placed Schuman sewing France and Germany. The safety pins were not enough. The new Franco-German partnership, long lasting
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Energy and Emissions Reductions Minister #AngusTaylor quietly commissioned fossil fuel executive Grant King to review gov climate policyIts out and its worryingIt help polluters with quicker, cheaper, easier reductions at
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TOTAL NONSENSE FROM POLITIFACT.THREAD.CNN’s Bash: “Would there be any place for fossil fuels including coal and fracking in a Biden administration?” Biden replied, “No, we would we would work it
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What do CCS, Scott Morrison #Insiders and Monty Python's "Dead Parrot” have in common? Is CCS just resting or is it dead? Or is CCS just pining for the Norwegian
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THREADThe world is still falling short on climate and CO2 will continue to rise for decades, despite "profound shifts" in the energy system, says @IEA World Energy Outlook.My in-depth coverage
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To all you blue-staters still double-masked-up in your vehicles, driving alone, try peeking over the dystopian, fear-created 'fence' your overlords have placed you behind and you might see that things
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The climate conversation in Canada needs to move beyond noble aspirations accompanied by awkward contradictions around the expansion of fossil fuel production. Tweet storm to follow based on this new
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They're speaking a language, they live in a certain nation with a certain culture.Scientists talk about quarks too. What on Earth does that have to do with politics and ethics?
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One side effect of having a trans person in your life is that our mere presence will out bigots for you. They honestly can’t help but make some kind of
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Renewable energy isn't so much a solution to climate change as it is a way to keep the lights on after we've addressed climate change. Addressing climate change is easy
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If anything, the cognitive dissonance that the diasporic Indian community is experiencing (US = opening up! vs. Indian health infrastructure crumbling) is like a canary in a coal mine/Cassandra effect:
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Just 100 years ago there was a small war going on in the coal mining areas of southwestern West Virginia. The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) had yet to
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Delighted to have contributed an article to the latest edition of the @IMFNews's Finance & Development magazine, which focuses on 'Rethinking Global Resilience'. It also includes great pieces by @JosephEStiglitz,
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What to read into last week’s Biden #climate summit? That was the question posed to a panel I chaired earlier today with @laurencetubiana @tasneemessop @johnpodesta @cfigueres… …notes below “Most
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Folks from outside Kentucky who think that McGrath is the best bet to beat McConnell: You're wrong, and it's because you don't understand Kentucky. 1/ Kentucky has more registered democrats
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